ZEB WEESE
MS Graduate Research Assistant
Address:
Department Of Forestry
123 T.P. Cooper Building
Lexington KY 40546-0073
Phone: 502-330-4698
Email: zebweese@Prodigy.Net or Zeb.Weese@Ky.Gov
Education:
BS, Zoology, University Of Kentucky 1994
BA, American History, UK 1994
MA, Environmental History, UK 2003
Academic Interests:
I’m interested in the control/eradication of invasive exotic species, and the restoration of native plant and wildlife communities.
Personal Interests:
Hiking, backpacking, conservation issues, history (particularly of Kentucky and the South), and bourbon.
Courses Taught:
Forest Wildlife Management, Fall 2006
Professional Affiliation:
The Wildlife Society-Kentucky Chapter
Kentucky Native Plant Society-Board Of Directors
Kentucky Society of Natural History-Slade Chapter Officer
Currently the Eastern Regional Preserve Manager for the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission
Supervisor's/Advisor's Name:
Thomas G. Barnes
Recent Projects:
I'm working on methods of controlling the invasive exotic plant Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) during the dormant season. This is potentially a way to restore native plants present in the seedbank and therefore increase biodiversity and improve wildlife habitat relatively inexpensively.
Selected Publications And Presentations:
Steen-Ash, S, T.G. Barnes, J.T. Hutchinson, J. L. Larkin, B. E. Washburn, J. L. Weese, H.F Yacek, Jr. 1997. Characteristics of gray squirrel release sites selected by nuisance wildlife control operators. The Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference.
Weese, Zeb. 2006. Dormant season control of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) in habitat restoration. Kentucky Chapter Of The Wildlife Society. Paris Landing, Tn. (Note: Received Best Student Presentation Award.)
Weese, Zeb. 2004. Kentucky's Natural Bridge: recreational uses damage vegetation in Red River Gorge. The Blazing Star 5:4(4-5)